An explanation why BRP use a softer swaybar.

[Malathion]

I ask a lot of questions during Homecoming, while not an official answer by any means, one explanation I was given was that a softer swaybar will give the spyder an under steer. Under steer lessen the likely hood of the rearend swinging out and letting the trike go into spin and loosing control.
Just one more way BRP is taking care of us, once we get use to our toys upgrading a swaybar seems a small price for the learning curve.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

Now I've got to see if I can make it do that.

1. BajaRon bar installed
2. oversteer
3. rearend swings out
4. Spyder goes into spin

Has anyone tried that? Got it on video? Please?????

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

OUT OF CONTROL ?????

I ask a lot of questions during Homecoming, while not an official answer by any means, one explanation I was given was that a softer swaybar will give the spyder an under steer. Under steer lessen the likely hood of the rearend swinging out and letting the trike go into spin and loosing control.
Just one more way BRP is taking care of us, once we get use to our toys upgrading a swaybar seems a small price for the learning curve.

I'm not sure that person knows about the VSS system on the Spyder :yikes: ...... jmho ...... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Devious56]

Sounds like a fairy tale to me....................

David

 

[cuznjohn]

one simple answer,,,,,,,,, expense

 

[RinconRyder]

If it understeers now I would hate to think what it was like originally.

 

[Bob Denman]

That's what the VSS is there for: to keep us on the straight and narrow! :thumbup:
IMHO (and that's all that it is!): BRP calibrated these suspensions for a softer ride because that's what they thought would sell the best.


...But they sorely misjudged the marketplace! :shocked:

As far as cost: it doesn't cost all that much more to make a bar stiffer... or softer!
And a low-cost shock can certainly be sprung stiffer also.

This was designed for a market that valued comfort over handling... only most of us are looking for handling over comfort...

 

[Roadster Renovations]

View attachment 149098That's what the VSS is there for: to keep us on the straight and narrow! :thumbup:
IMHO (and that's all that it is!): BRP calibrated these suspensions for a softer ride because that's what they thought would sell the best.


...But they sorely misjudged the marketplace! :shocked:

As far as cost: it doesn't cost all that much more to make a bar stiffer... or softer!
And a low-cost shock can certainly be sprung stiffer also.

This was designed for a market that valued comfort over handling... only most of us are looking for handling over comfort...

Exactly my thoughts, Bob!

Should have ask them why they put adjustable shocks on the front of the F3 WITH the softer sway bar? That is kind of a conflict of purpose to me. Oh, and then they put the crappy rear shock on the F3. I bought the 2up shock and the byke should have come with that.

You sell an awesome product then you start cheapening it out with poor shocks, tires, etc., etc..

They could be so much more if they only tried.

 

[Bob Denman]

You have to remember: They're STILL the best OEM Reverse-Trike on the Market! :yes: :2thumbs:

 

[jcthorne]

I can say it made the F3 easier to lift one front wheel.....

 

[ARtraveler]

I have to just watch this one. :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

 

[jaherbst]

I ask a lot of questions during Homecoming, while not an official answer by any means, one explanation I was given was that a softer swaybar will give the spyder an under steer. Under steer lessen the likely hood of the rearend swinging out and letting the trike go into spin and loosing control.
Just one more way BRP is taking care of us, once we get use to our toys upgrading a swaybar seems a small price for the learning curve.

Say What? (VSS)

Jack

 

[oldguyinTX]

Another reason is that if BRP put in a heavier swaybar, they would have to pay Bosch - who makes the electronics - big bucks to change the software that governs the Nanny. That and the price of a stiffer swaybar as well. Chump change really, and if spread out across every Spyder built from now on might add a couple of hundred bucks to the price. Why cheap out? It bites that we, the owners, have to pony up $$$ for a swaybar, heim links, Magic Mirror mounts to replace the really cheap & crappy plastic OEM mounts, billet aluminum "dogbone" for the height adjustable windshield to replace the cheap cast OEM part, better tires, and the list goes on. For what these machines cost, it kind of irks me that I see so many parts that are labeled "Made In China' on my RTL.

 

[Bob Denman]

Say What? (VSS)

Jack

Jack...
Do you mean that your Nanny has never paid you an unexpected visit? :yikes: